• protist@mander.xyz
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    3 months ago

    There’s been a coordinated campaign of dehumanization in the right-wing media for decades. This guy has been indoctrinated to see her as the enemy and to not see her as a person

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Even the most evil people I can think of. The most I’d want them to “suffer” is the realization of how terrible they are, before they enter the void. I don’t want them tortured. I don’t want to hurt them. I just want them to not exist.

      The “comments” this guy made are psychotic. I don’t mean that in a hyperbolic kind of way. I mean in a “danger to society” kind of way.

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlOP
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        3 months ago

        Yep. I’ve written my fair share of angry opinionated comments. I managed to do it without threatening death on any elected officials though, or of anyone at all, and I especially did not do so while also claiming to be a member of the “law and order” party. Somehow, no matter how angry I got, I was able to recognize that assassination was probably not a good line to cross, even in rhetoric.

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        I just want them to not exist.

        So you want them to die, you just don’t want them to be killed? Lol

        • snf@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          I certainly see your point. That said, devil’s advocate, the comment doesn’t refer merely to political opponents, but rather:

          the most evil people I can think of

          Can you honestly say that you wouldn’t painlessly snap, let’s say, a proven serial child rapist out of existence? I think I’d do it, if for some reason the justice system was unable to stop them.

          • VerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.ca
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            3 months ago

            Yeah, there’s a gulf of difference between wanting a problem to disappear vs relishing the incredibly detailed idea of pain and suffering of another human being. One’s like putting down a rabid dog, the other is just pain for pains sake.